Assignment:
Review these Web sites: Federal Bureau of Prisons at https://www.bop.gov/ especially the About and News/Information pages.
The Corrections Corporation of America Web site at https://www.correctioncorp.com/
Prisons should be privatized:
1. Prisons should be privatized because...
2. Private prisons are merely enforcing, and not creating prisoner punishments, because...
3. Private prisons reduce the cost of detaining prisoners because...
4. Private prisons can provide better prisoner care because...
Prisons should not be privatized:
1. Prisons should not be privatized because...
2. It is not the place prisons to administer prisoner punishments because...
3. It is ill-advised to put a private company that must make a profit in charge of prison operations because...
4. Private prisons that cut costs may risk security problems because...
Need 200 to 300 words to debate. One that I take a position on and one to debate.
Neubauer, David W. (2001) Debating crime: Rhetoric and reality. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.
White, Jonathan R. (2004) Defending the homeland: Domestic intelligence, law enforcement, and security. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.